PIK data description

New version of PRIMAP-hist GHG emissions data was published in September 2021 spanning data until 2019.

Gütschow, J.; Günther, A.; Pflüger, M. (2021): The PRIMAP-hist national historical emissions time series v2.3.1 (1850-2019). zenodo. doi:`10.5281/zenodo.5494497`.

Data dowloaded from https://zenodo.org/record/5494497#.YZJPvmC0uUk

Data composition

Several datasets available:

  • Guetschow-et-al-2021-PRIMAP-hist_v2.3.1_20_Sep_2021.X: The main dataset with numerical extrapolation of all time series to 2019 and three significant digits.
  • Guetschow-et-al-2021-PRIMAP-hist_v2.3.1_no_extrap_20_Sep_2021.X: Variant without numerical extrapolation of missing values and not including the country groups mentioned in section [“country”] (three significant digits).
  • Guetschow-et-al-2021-PRIMAP-hist_v2.3.1_no_rounding_20_Sep_2021.X: The main dataset with numerical extrapolation of all time series to 2019 and eleven significant digits.
  • Guetschow-et-al-2021-PRIMAP-hist_v2.3.1_no_extrap_no_rounding_20_Sep_2021.csv: Variant without numerical extrapolation of missing values and not including the country groups mentioned in section [“country”] (eleven significant digits).

For this exercise, the first dataset with numerical extrapolation is used.

The dataset includes data for two different scenarios:

  • HISTCR: In this scenario country-reported data (CRF, BUR, UNFCCC) is prioritized over third-party data (CDIAC, FAO, Andrew, EDGAR, BP).
  • HISTTP: In this scenario third-party data (CDIAC, FAO, Andrew, EDGAR, BP) is prioritized over country-reported data (CRF, BUR, UNFCCC))

Both series are considered.

Temporal coverage

The dataset covers the years 1750-2019, where a considerable number of values 2019 are numerically extrapolated. As the WDI starts in 1960, only values from 1960 are considered.

Country coverage

The WDI includes 217 of which 198 are included in the PIK dataset. The following WDI countries are not included in the PIK dataset:

long_name ISO3
American Samoa ASM
Bermuda BMU
Cayman Islands CYM
Channel Islands CHI
Curacao CUW
Faroe Islands FRO
French Polynesia PYF
Gibraltar GIB
Greenland GRL
Guam GUM
Isle of Man IMN
Kosovo XKX
New Caledonia NCL
Northern Mariana Islands MNP
Puerto Rico PRI
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM
St. Martin (French part) MAF
Virgin Islands (U.S.) VIR
West Bank and Gaza PSE

View country-by-country data

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